Hand lamp



Dec. 19, 1933.

w. B. scHULTE 1,940,023

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A TORNEYS Patented Dec. 19,1933 Y 1,940,023

UNITED STATES 'lui'rlslvll OFFICE.

HAND LAMP Walter B. Schulte, Madison, Wis., assigner to Burgess Battery Company, Madison, Wis., a corporation of Wisconsin `Application November 25, 1931 Serial No. 577,266

sclaims. (Cielo-10.61)

My invention relates to Aa' battery hand lamp held in place by crimping the top edge of carton and consistsv of a dry. cell battery having an inover it. Spring terminal leads 8 and `9 are percandescent bulb mounted adjustably in a holder manently fastened to the poles of said battery, above said battery. as by solder at 14 and 15. These terminals exl It is'an object of this invention to provide tend upwardly through openings Saand 9a. in so an inexpensive battery hand lamp which does the end portions of the closure. 'Terminal leads not require a casing or carton. v8 and 9 are made preferably of spring .metal.

It is a further object of this invention to pro- As in the ordinary battery of this type one tervide a battery hand lamp which may be operminal lead 9 is shorter than the other. The 10 ated intermittently or continuously without the shorter terminal projects substantially perpenuse of a switch as a separate element of the dicularly upwardly from the top of the battery circuit. Y A while the longer terminal lead 8 is inclined at Further objectsand advantages Will become an angle to the top of the battery and toward apparent from the `following detailed description the shorter terminal lead. v

` '1l which is to bev taken in .conjunction with the A bulb holder in the form of sheet metal arch 10 .'30 fied form of my arched bulb holder; and

accompanying drawing wherein: Y l is mounted Aupon the top of the battery just Fig. v1 is a perspective View of4 a hand lamp described. As shown in Fig. 5 the arch has leg made according to the invention; portions 19 which may be enlarged at their Fig. 2 is a plan View of the hand lamp of bases. Projecting from the base of` each leg isareducedend portion or lug 13. One or more u Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectionalview of the hand grooves or corrugations 11 may be formed in lamp; i f i the top of the arch. v Fig. 4 is a View similar to"Fig. 3but showing Laterally spacedslots 13a are provided in the a slightly different embodiment of the'inven- 'sideportions of the battery top closure to receive 25 tion; lugs 13 of arch 10. Slots 130. may be of a size so Fig. 5 Yis a perspective .View of the arched just large enough to receive lugs 13. In such bulb holder ofthe hand lamp illustratedlin Figs. case y arch is mounted upon disc 5 before the 1 to 4; -A Y latter is mounted in the end of casing 1, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a slightly modi- .the ends of lugs 13 may be tur-ned at right an- Y gles to lock arch .10 in position. Slots 13a may 86r Fig'. 7 is a partial, perspective view of a hand be suficiently large to receive lugs 13 after they lamp employing a furthern modiiied form o'f are bent as shown in Fig. 5 and the legs -of larch arched bulb holder. l0 maybe normally spaced farther apart than Like numbers indicate like partsfin Vthe sevthedistance between slots 13a, so that after lugs '35 eral figures. 'Briefly thehand lamp comprises 13 jare inserted in slots 13a they will vpress 90 an incandescent bulb mounted in an Varched against the far sides of theslots and be mainbulb holder on the top of a 4iiashli'ght battery tained in position. The advantage of the latter unit. 'Ihe battery unit may be similar `to that vconstruction is that the battery and arch may be described and claimed in copending `W. sold separately so that it is necessary only to (0 Schulte and J. S. Zook applicationSerial No. replace exhausted batteries. A3 5 382,181 filed July 30,-1929. The battery -com arch 10 is preferably made of spring metal, prises one or more dry cells, Fig. 3 showing two Abut stiifnbrous material or a `moulded phenolic cells 3 and 3a, .connected electricallyat the bot- ,condensation product or othersti, resilient -matom as by means'of conductor 4. The individual terialmay be used as Well. When bulb holderor cells are separated by means of a suitable .inarchi() `is in its position it is located longitudi- 5190 sulating partition, such as paper sheet 6. The nally and substantially centrally of the top of batteryis enclosed in a carton 1, which may be the battery, extending over long terminal lead 8 of insulating material, such as paper or a moldand to one side of shortterminal lead 9. ed phenolic condensation product, or of metal Io complete the hand lamp, an incandescent lined with a suitable insulating material, such bulb 12 iS inserted longitudinally Within -the .-195 as paper 2. The top closureof said cartonmay curved portion of arch 10 between the latter and be a disc 51 of stiff insulatingmaterial such as terminal leld- 8. The end terminal y16 of the pressed paper board. The closure rests upon bulb is arranged adjacent and laterally spaced a the top of the cells and the top of the partition short distance from terminal lead 9. Terminal 55 6, or upon, the top of insulating lining 2. It is lead 8 is depressed by bulb 12 and threaded ter- 110 minal 17 of the lamp bulb is thus maintained in engagement with the under side of the arch. Corrugation 11 engages the threads of terminal 17 and maintains bulb 12 in position. The latter may be moved longitudinally by screwing it in the ordinary manner or by pushing it. As the bulb is pushed longitudinally, when a corrugation 11 passes a thread upon terminal 17, terminal lead 8 is depressed. When the adjacent groove upon terminal 17 is reached corrugation 1l moves into such groove with a snap. 'Io maintain the hand lamp in the inoperative posi-y tion terminal 16 of bulb 12 is maintained in spaced relation to terminal lead 9. To energize bulb 12, terminals 16 and 9 are brought into contact with each other. To accomplish this, terminal lead 9 may be moved into contact with terminal 16 or bulb 12 may be moved into contact with terminal lead 9 by either the pushing be permitted to return to its normal position.

The movement of terminal lead 9 toward and away from bulb l2 may be used for flashing contact while movement of bulb 12 toward and away from terminal'lead 9 may be used for permanent or continuous contact. Y

Fig. 4 illustratesa different type of closure for the battery and support for arch 10. It is a preformed disc lof phenolic condensation compound or other plastic which is formed with the lugs 173 of arch 10 imbedded therein. With such construction the arch is alsol preferably constructed of hardened resinous or similar composition. The battery closure may be formed by pouring fusible sealing compound into the top portion of casing 1. Insuch case the bulb holder "may be held in positionduring the operationrof Y forming the closure and when the latter hardens the legs of the holder will be imbedded iirmly in the closure.

In the modication ofthe arch illustrated in Fig. 6 the ends of corrugation 11 are turned inwardly to form lugs 18. The length of lugs 18 may be varied to suit the conditionsand mate` rial used in making the arch. This type of arch is capable-of holding the incandescent bulb in positionabove the closure of the battery withoutthe aid of spring terminal 8. Lugs 18 maybe madev so that they do not lit bulb 12 tightly enough to prevent operation of the hand lampk by pushing bulb 12 back and forth.

A preferred form of the hand lamp is shown in Fig. 7. -In-this case the legs of Vthe bulb holder 20 are attached to a collar 21 instead of having lugs -at their ends engaging the closure disc of the battery. This collar is adapted to lit frictionally over the upper portion of the bat- -tery.- The entire holder preferably is stamped and shaped from a single piece of sheet metal.

The frictional engagement between the battery and collar 21 is sufficient to prevent theholder from becoming detached from the battery during normal use. When a metal carton is used as the battery container with this type of bulb holder, `care shouldy be taken that cell 3 is insulated from the container if only one cell is insulated therefrom as is statedto be possible in the mentioned application Serial No. 382,181. It is preferable to insulate both cells from the container to avoid all possibility of the bulb holder causing a short circuit. In the device shown in Fig. 7 the bulb holder, with or without the bulb mounted therein, may be sold separately.v

I claim:

1. Arcaseless hand lamp comprising, in combination, a battery, said battery comprising a plurality of electrically connected dry cells, a rigid container for said battery, a top closure for said container comprising a stiff insulating disc, resilient' terminal leads connected permanently to terminal cells of said battery, said terminal leads projecting freely through said top closure, Vthe projecting portion of one of said terminal leads being inclined toward the other terminal lead, a metal arch mounted upon said top closure and over said first terminal lead, means for mounting said arch comprising lugs atY the Yends of the legs thereof engaging slots in said closure disc, a groove in the curved p0rtion of said arch, and an incandescent bulb mounted longitudinally within the curved portion of said arch with its `threaded terminal engaging said groove, said rst terminal lead being in continuous contact with said threaded terminal and pressing said terminal against said arch, the end terminal of said bulb being arrangedA adjacent and spaced from the second terminal lead of said battery whereby operation of said hand lamp may be effected by movement of said end terminall and second terminal lead into contact with each other.

2. A caseless hand lamp comprising, in combination, a battery, said battery comprising a plurality of electrically connected dry cells, a rigid container for said battery, resilient termi'- nal leads connected permanentlyv to terminal cells of said battery and projecting from the top of said container, the projecting portion of the iirst of said terminal leads being inclined toward the second terminal lead,'an archofr stili material mounted upon the top of said container and overlsaid first terminal lead, a groove in the curved portion of said arch, and an incandescent `bulb mounted longitudinally within the bination, a battery, said battery comprising a plurality of electrically connected dry cells, a rigid container for said battery, said battery having resilient terminal leads projecting from the top of said container, the first of said terminal lead, an arch shaped strip of stiiir material curved on a center parallel to the top of the battery and removably mounted upon the top of said container and over said first terminal lead,

an incandescent bulb mounted Within the curved portion of said strip with its long axis parallel to the top of the battery, and means in said strip for positioning said bulb, said iirst terminal lead being in contact with the threaded terminal of said bulb, the end terminal of said bulb being Varranged laterally adjacent and spaced from said second terminal lead.

4. A caseless hand lamp comprising, in combination, a battery, said battery comprising a plurality of electrically connected dry cells, a

` nal leads being inclined toward the second'termi- 135 Veo rigid container for said battery, resilient battery terminal leads projecting from the top of said container, a collar conforming to the shape of the top'of said container and fitting about the top of said container, an arch shaped strip of` incandescent bulb mounted movably Vwithin said strip, one terminal of said bulb being in continuous contact with one of said battery terminal leads, the other bulb terminal being arranged laterally adjacent and spaced from the other battery terminal lead.

5. vA caseless hand lamp comprising, in combination, a battery, said battery comprising a plurality of electrically connected dryv cells, a rigid container for said battery, resilient terminal leads projecting from the top of said container, an arch of'y stiff material mounted upon said container and above said terminal leads, and an incandescent bulb held in place between the curved portion of said arch and said first terminal lead, said first terminal lead being in contact with the threaded terminal of said bulb, the end terminal of said bulb being arranged laterally adjacent and spaced from the second terminal lead.

6. A caseless hand lamp comprising, in combination, a battery, said battery comprising a plurality of electrically connected dry cells, a rigid container for said battery, resilient battery terminal leads projecting from the top of said container, an arch of stiff material curved on a center parallel to the top of the battery and mounted upon said container top, and an incandescent bulb mounted for vtranslational longitudinal movement within the curved portion of said arch, and with its long axis parallel to the top of the battery,` the screw thread terminal of said bulb being in contact with one of said battery terminals and the end terminal of said bulb being positioned with reference to the other of said battery terminals whereby said hand lamp is operableby movement of said bulb into contact with said second battery terminal. 7. A separable head for a hand lamp battery adapted to retain a miniature incandescent bulb between said separable head and a resilient terminal of said battery, said separable head comprising an arch of stiff material, a groove in the curved portion of said arch whereby a bulb may be positioned between the curved portion of the arch and said resilient terminal lead of the battery and be retained inv position by the engagement of said grooves and one of the threads on the base of the bulb, and the collar attached to the legs of said arch.

y 8. A separable head for a hand lamp battery adapted to retain a miniature incandescent bulb between said head and a resilient terminal lead of said battery, said separable head comprising an arch of stii material, lthe legs of said arch. having means at the ends thereof for attaching said arch to a battery, and means on the curved portion of said arch adaptedto cooperate with said resilient terminal lead to retain a lamp` 

